adding sections, expanding taxonomy← Previous revisionRevision as of 05:24, 6 November 2026 Line 21: Line 21: '''''Veronica''''' '''''thomsonii''''', one of the '''cushion snow hebes''', is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Plantaginaceae]].{{Cite web |title=Veronica chionohebe |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/veronica-thomsonii/ |access-date=2026-11-06 |website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Ashwin |first=M.B. |title=Flora of New Zealand |date=1961 |publisher=Government Printer, Wellington. |year=1961 |editor-last=Allan |editor-first=H.H. |pages=870–875 |language=EN |chapter=''Pygmea''}}{{Cite journal |last=Meudt |first=Heidi |date=2008-01-01 |title=Taxonomic revision of Australasian snow hebes (Veronica, Plantaginaceae) |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54561139 |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |language=English |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=387 |doi=10.1071/SB08034}} '''''Veronica''''' '''''thomsonii''''', one of the '''cushion snow hebes''', is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Plantaginaceae]].{{Cite web |title=Veronica chionohebe |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/veronica-thomsonii/ |access-date=2026-11-06 |website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Ashwin |first=M.B. |title=Flora of New Zealand |date=1961 |publisher=Government Printer, Wellington. |year=1961 |editor-last=Allan |editor-first=H.H. |pages=870–875 |language=EN |chapter=''Pygmea''}}{{Cite journal |last=Meudt |first=Heidi |date=2008-01-01 |title=Taxonomic revision of Australasian snow hebes (Veronica, Plantaginaceae) |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54561139 |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |language=English |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=387 |doi=10.1071/SB08034}} == Taxonomy == ''Veronica'' ''thomsonii'' is in the plant family [[Plantaginaceae]].{{cite POWO|id=812749-1|title=''Veronica thomsonii'' (Buchanan) Cheeseman|access-date=6 November 2026}}{{Cite web |title=Veronica chionohebe |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/veronica-thomsonii/ |access-date=2026-11-06 |website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |language=en}} It was originally described as ''Pygmea thomsonii'' by Buchanan in 1882. New Zealand botanist [[Thomas Cheeseman]] transferred the species to the genus ''Veronica'' in his ''Manual of the New Zealand Flora'' in 1906.{{Cite Q|Q51396409}} Since 2007 it has been recognised as ''Veronica'' ''thomsonii'' by many botanists in a more broadly circumscribed ''[[Veronica (plant)|Veronica]]''.{{Cite journal |last=Garnock-Jones |first=Phil |last2=Albach |first2=Dirk C. |last3=Briggs |first3=Barbara G. |date=2007-05-01 |title=Botanical Names in Southern Hemisphere Veronica (Plantaginaceae): Sect. Detzneria, Sect. Hebe, and Sect. Labiatoides |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42315868 |journal=Taxon |language=English |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=571–582 |doi=10.1002/TAX.562028}}{{Cite journal |last=Meudt |first=Heidi |date=2008-01-01 |title=Taxonomic revision of Australasian snow hebes (Veronica, Plantaginaceae) |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54561139 |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |language=English |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=387 |doi=10.1071/SB08034}} ''V.'' ''thomsonii'' is one of four cushion plants and six other small herbs or subshrubs in the snow hebe lineage.{{Cite journal |last=Albach |first=Dirk C. |last2=Meudt |first2=Heidi |date=2009-09-29 |title=Phylogeny of Veronica in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres based on plastid, nuclear ribosomal and nuclear low-copy DNA. |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51788139 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |language=English |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=457–471 |doi=10.1016/J.YMPEV.2009.09.030 |pmid=19796701}} The distribution and location of hairs are important characters in distinguishing ''V.'' ''thomsonii'' from other snow hebe species.{{Cite book |last=Ashwin |first=M.B. |title=Flora of New Zealand |date=1961 |publisher=Government Printer, Wellington. |year=1961 |editor-last=Allan |editor-first=H.H. |pages=870–875 |language=EN |chapter=''Pygmea''}}{{Cite web |title=Flora of New Zealand {{!}} Taxon Profile {{!}} Veronica chionohebe |url=https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/taxon/Veronica-chionohebe.html |access-date=2026-11-05 |website=www.nzflora.info}} ''Veronica'' ''thomsonii'' is characterised by have leaves with a tight band of hairs on the middle part of the upper surface of the leaf. == Description == ''Veronica'' ''thomsonii'' plants are [[perennial]] cushions with a woody base. == Distribution and habitat == ''Veronica'' ''thomsonii'' is endemic the South Island of New Zealand. == Conservation status == [[File:Veronica_chionohebe_-_John_Barkla_-_1210021.jpeg|thumb|Glabrous (hairless) cushion habit of ''V. chionohebe'']] According to the most recent (2023) New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS), ''Veronica'' ''thomsonii'' is considered to be Not Threatened.{{Cite Q|Q130392985}} == External links == == External links ==